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Comment · 10 years ago
Reddit should remove the π symbol on their website, as if Pi itself disappeared.

"We can't talk about Pi."

Comment · 10 years ago
How deep is the rabbit hole?
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Comment · 10 years ago
Coincidence. Commenter SwimAway had a more likely argument that it is polarizing language.
Comment · 10 years ago
If they are not harnessing big data for writing speeches then the White House is less savvy than Netflix and House of Cards writer, Beau Willimon.
Comment · 10 years ago
A key promise of Obama's campaign for the presidency was to run the “most transparent” government- however the only person to really deliver on that promise was a whistleblower. Secret courts, secret domestic spying, and now calls for weakening of the digital equivalent of the safe shows that he either was not honest about transparency, or has radically changed his opinion since becoming POTUS.

Maybe it's that he decided to use his political clout to pick healthcare as his signature in American history, not wage war against the NSA, but either way it saddens me to have campaigned for someone who has empowered a surveillance state instead of fight against it.

Liberty literally means "freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control", and freedom in the information age means the liberty to communicate and store information. Anything to compromise that makes us all more vulnerable to control in all parts of our lives, not just those stored in zeros and ones. I believe America can be "Land of the free, home of the brave", but not without digital liberty.

Comment · 10 years ago
I tried it out, but my biggest complaint was after withdrawing money, Digit immediately started taking out money again.

If one withdraws money, they might not want it being sucked back out immediately.

Comment · 10 years ago
What are your crimes, citizen?
Comment · 10 years ago
This is FUD.
Comment · 10 years ago
While not directly connected to the NSA, it's plausible the prosecution of Aaron Swartz amounted to suppressing dissent. It's hard to say what the root cause was prosecutorial overreach or a real effort to suppress a powerful political organizer. Either way, he became a target for his ideas and activism.
Comment · 10 years ago
Would that mean every business would need to have a bond, or just in the case of litigation?
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Comment · 10 years ago
In my experience H1B employees are paid less because those in hiring positions know they can offer less.
Comment · 10 years ago
The extra work needed to do this pretty makes it very unlikely to be implemented much. Additionally the DOM level obfuscating is just bad for performance.

if you're looking to prevent Ad Blockers, this is not your solution.

Comment · 10 years ago

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